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emery collapse: a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)

blade collapse: the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge; flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water; the part of the skate that slides on the ice; a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue); a cut of beef from the shoulder blade; something long and thin resembling a blade of grass; "a blade of lint on his suit"; a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"; especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

iron collapse: home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth; a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head; implement used to brand live stock; a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood; press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"

brand collapse: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"; identification mark on skin, made by burning; a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning; burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals

rock collapse: pitching dangerously to one side; a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"; (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew; United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984); material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"; move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"; cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

brutalize collapse: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling; make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him"; treat brutally

samisen collapse: a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum

lute collapse: chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard; a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid

guitar collapse: a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

sitar collapse: a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings

mandolin collapse: a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum

banjo collapse: a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body

silverware collapse: tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel

flatware collapse: silverware eating utensils; tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece

tableware collapse: articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware)

armored collapse: protected by armor (used of persons or things military); used of animals; provided with protective covering; equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior

ironclad collapse: a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor; inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule"; sheathed in iron plates for protection

aquatint collapse: a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color; an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color; etch in aquatint

concrete collapse: a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water; capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees"; formed by the coalescence of particles; form into a solid mass; coalesce; cover with cement; "concrete the walls"

unblinking collapse: not shrinking from danger; showing no visible emotion; "stood unblinking and accepted a sentence of a year"

stiffen collapse: make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"; become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"; restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"

petrify collapse: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"

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